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[[Between Your Palms]] is a card routine developed by [[Alex Elmsley]]. | [[Between Your Palms]] is a card routine developed by [[Alex Elmsley]]*. | ||
The basic plot is an unknown card being held by the spectator at the start of the routine, turns out to be a selected signed (after the prediction is shown) card. | The basic plot is an unknown card being held by the spectator at the start of the routine, turns out to be a selected signed (after the prediction is shown) card. | ||
A "prediction" card is placed between the spectator's palms PRIOR to having three cards selected (one of which is signed). The two unsigned cards are also placed in the spectator's palm. After trying to find the last signed card, it turns out to be the "prediction" card that had been in the spectator's hand the entire time. | A "prediction" card is placed between the spectator's palms PRIOR to having three cards selected (one of which is signed). The two unsigned cards are also placed in the spectator's palm. After trying to find the last signed card, it turns out to be the "prediction" card that had been in the spectator's hand the entire time. | ||
* See [[Abracadabra]], Vol. 13, N° 335, 28 june 1952. Reprint in [[The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Vol. 2]], page 246 (1994) written by [[Stephen Minch]]. | |||
== Variations == | == Variations == | ||
* "Departed Point" in Simon Lovell's Australian Lecture Notes (1999) | * "Departed Point" in [[Simon Lovell]]'s [[Australian Lecture Notes]] (1999) | ||
* "Lies" by David Regal from Close-Up and Personal | * "Lies" by [[David Regal]] from [[Close-Up and Personal]] (1999) | ||
* "Between Elmsley, Brown, and Himber" in Kabbala | * "Between Elmsley, Brown, and Himber" in [[Kabbala]], Vol. 3, N° 1 (1976) | ||
* John Bannon's "Do the Twixt" from Smoke and Mirrors | * [[John Bannon]]'s "Do the Twixt" from [[Smoke and Mirrors]] (1991) | ||
* Spirits Between Your Palms by Peter Duffie in The Looking Glass Winter (1998) | * Spirits Between Your Palms by [[Peter Duffie]] in The [[Looking Glass]] Winter (1998) | ||
* Between Your Palms, Rethought from The Earl Nelson Workbook | * Between Your Palms, Rethought from The Earl Nelson Workbook | ||
* Jay Sankey's Paper Clipped (a paper clip is used instead of a spectator's palm) | * Jay Sankey's Paper Clipped (a paper clip is used instead of a spectator's palm) | ||
Revision as of 08:51, 18 July 2008
Between Your Palms is a card routine developed by Alex Elmsley*. The basic plot is an unknown card being held by the spectator at the start of the routine, turns out to be a selected signed (after the prediction is shown) card.
A "prediction" card is placed between the spectator's palms PRIOR to having three cards selected (one of which is signed). The two unsigned cards are also placed in the spectator's palm. After trying to find the last signed card, it turns out to be the "prediction" card that had been in the spectator's hand the entire time.
- See Abracadabra, Vol. 13, N° 335, 28 june 1952. Reprint in The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Vol. 2, page 246 (1994) written by Stephen Minch.
Variations
- "Departed Point" in Simon Lovell's Australian Lecture Notes (1999)
- "Lies" by David Regal from Close-Up and Personal (1999)
- "Between Elmsley, Brown, and Himber" in Kabbala, Vol. 3, N° 1 (1976)
- John Bannon's "Do the Twixt" from Smoke and Mirrors (1991)
- Spirits Between Your Palms by Peter Duffie in The Looking Glass Winter (1998)
- Between Your Palms, Rethought from The Earl Nelson Workbook
- Jay Sankey's Paper Clipped (a paper clip is used instead of a spectator's palm)